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(Today's Gospel John 6:60-69 - Simon Peter confesses his faith that Jesus alone has the words of the eternal life.)

For our Gospel today we hear the conclusion of the “Bread of Life discourse” in the sixth chapter of John’s Gospel. In the preceding verses, which we have heard proclaimed in our liturgy over the past few weeks, we have heard Jesus explain that he is the Bread of Life, given so that those who believe may have eternal life. This discourse follows the miracle in which Jesus fed more than five thousand people with five barley loaves and two fish. As Jesus has been teaching these things, John’s Gospel describes a murmuring crowd unable to accept Jesus’ words. In today’s Gospel, the crowd has dwindled in number, and John no longer references them, or the Jews. Instead John describes the questioning of those considered to be Jesus’ own disciples.

Today’s Gospel first records the response of those in the crowd who are described as Jesus’ disciples. Just as the larger crowd had struggled with Jesus’ teaching, these disciples also cannot accept Jesus’ words. Jesus is said to know about their murmuring. He responds by acknowledging their unbelief and by reiterating that only those chosen by the Father will follow Jesus to the end. John’s Gospel reports that many of those who had been Jesus’ disciples ceased to follow him at this point. The number of people following Jesus dwindled from a crowd of more than 5,000 to only 12 people. And it is to these Twelve that Jesus now turns his attention.

Simon Peter’s response to Jesus’ question as to whether those closest to him will also leave, reminds us of the reports of Peter’s confession of faith in the Synoptic Gospels. Peter announces, on behalf of all the Twelve, that they have come to believe all that Jesus has taught about himself: Jesus is the one from God in whom they have found the path to eternal life.

This conclusion of the Bread of Life discourse focuses on personal faith in the life of Christian discipleship. Each person must make his or her own judgment about who Jesus is and in doing so determine the way of life that he or she will follow. God’s grace invites us to be Jesus’ disciples, but each person must respond to the grace of God and confess as his or her own the belief that Jesus is the one from God. This faith then commits us to the path of life, leading us to eternal life.

 
Labor Day - No School
Saint John School will be observing Labor Day on Monday, September 3rd, 2018. School will not be session.
Local School System Transportation
We understand that there has been a bit of frustration taking place regarding several of the local city schools transportation services. Saint John School does not have control over the transportation services that the local city schools provide. Often times Saint John School is not made aware of when busses are running late. When we are made aware, we communicate the information via our txt messaging system. We encourage all of our families to contact their school systems transportation office if their are concerns regarding transportation services.
School Phone Outage
This week, Saint John School experienced several outages of our internet phone service. While our phone service always remained intact, our switchboard was affected causing many calls coming in from the outside to go unanswered. Also affected was our voicemail system causing some voicemails to be deleted. We apologize for any inconvenience that this has caused.
PTO Announcements
This year's opening PTO meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 4th at 6:30 PM in the cafeteria. This meeting is open to all and attendance is highly encouraged. All attendees will be entered for a chance to win a $500.00 tuition scholarship (drawing takes place at the end of the school year).

PTO Officers for the 2018-2019 School Year
Kiersten Shevchik, President
Dale Piccirillo, Vice President 
Peggy Ducro, Secretary 
Calvin Crawford, Treasurer 

Please feel free to contact our PTO at anytime:
Contact PTO
New Math Curriculum Coming This Year
We are very excited to announce that we are rolling out a new math curriculum in grades K-6 this school year.

The name of this program is Eureka Math and it promises to yield great results. A team of teachers and administrators travelled to Columbus this summer to attend a multi-day workshop to learn all about this exciting new curriculum and how to successfully implement it.

On Thursday, September 6th from 6:30-7:30 PM in the school cafeteria, we will be having a Eureka Math Parent Night. During this evening, we will introduce the new program and show you suggested strategies and models, key vocabulary, and the best way to help your child on homework assignments. Please join us. To ensure that we have enough seating, we are asking that you RSVP below. Thank you!
 

RSVP Here
Elementary Pickup Procedures
Please refer to the map below for our afternoon elementary pickup procedures. These procedures have been designed for the safety of our students and we appreciate your cooperation.
Elementary Pick Procedures
PTO Mumkins & Mumsters Mum Fall Fundrasier
Please support our PTO fundraiser by purchasing a Mumkin or Mumster for your fall decorating.  Foertmeyer & Sons produces beautiful, high quality, late-blooming mums that will last throughout the fall. You can purchase mums in the decorative Mumkin or Mumster pots or in plain pots through the “Hair Club for Mumkins”!

Brochures and order forms have been sent home with your child last week. Additional order forms can be downloaded below: 
Mumkins Order Form
Key Club Membership Drive
Saint John School's Key Club Membership Drive begins next week. Key Club is a service organization that sponsors many service opportunities throughout the school year such as our school blood drives, raising funds for the Key Club annual scholarship, etc. Membership is open to all students in grades 9 - 12. Please see Mr. Ralph Bacon for more information.
Herald Athletic Announcements

Call for Concession Stand Workers
We are in need of concession stand workers for our home games. Please consider volunteering your time. Available time slots and signups are available below:
Concession Times and Signups
Student Lunch Accounts
Beginning this school year, we will be integrating our lunch system with our student information system, Renweb. Families will be able to make tuition payments, check on their child's classroom performance and place money on their child's lunch accounts all from the parent portal (Parentsweb) in Renweb.  More information about this new system will be going out in our September Newsletter.
Monthly Newsletter
Our monthly newsletters, including inserts, are available for download. Please follow the link below to access this school year's monthly newsletters:
Monthly Newsletters
Developing Scholarship   ●   Deepening Faith   ●   Inspiring Leadership.
Weekly Athletic Schedule

- Monday, August 27th -
Varsity Soccer v. Matthews @ 6:00pm (H)
Varsity VB v. Maplewood @ 6:30pm
 
- Tuesday, August 28th -
JRHI VB v. Andrews @ 4:30pm (H)
Varsity Girls Tennis v. Cleveland Heights
 
- Wednesday, August 29th -
Varsity Girls Tennis v. Beachwood (H)
Varsity Golf v. Cornerstone @ 4:30pm
Varsity Soccer v. Maplewood @ 6:30pm (H)
Varsity Volleyball v. Southington @ 6:30pm (H)
 
- Thursday, August 30th -
JRHI Soccer v. Cornerstone @ 4:30pm
Varsity Girls Tennis v. Mentor @ 4:00pm (H)
Varsity Golf v. Lawrence @ 4:30pm (H)
 
- Friday, August 31st -
Varsity Football v. Newbury @ 7:00pm (H)
 
- Saturday, September  -
HS/Junior High XC @ Mentor Classic 9:00am


***Please check the SJS website for the most up-to-date game dates and times***
 






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